Hosted payload operations

1. A method for hosted payload operations, the method comprising: transmitting, by a hosted payload (HoP) operation center (HOC), encrypted hosted commands to a host spacecraft operations center (SOC); transmitting, by the host SOC, encrypted host commands and the encrypted hosted commands to a vehicle, wherein the encrypted host commands are encrypted utilizing a first communication security (COMSEC) variety and the encrypted hosted commands are encrypted utilizing a second COMSEC variety; decrypting, by a first communication security module on the vehicle, the encrypted host commands utilizing the first COMSEC variety to generate unencrypted host commands; decrypting, by a second communication security module on the vehicle, the encrypted hosted commands utilizing the second COMSEC variety to generate unencrypted hosted commands; reconfiguring a host payload on the vehicle according to the unencrypted host commands; reconfiguring a hosted payload on the vehicle according to the unencrypted hosted commands; transmitting, by a host payload antenna on the vehicle, host payload data to a host receiving antenna; transmitting, by a hosted payload antenna on the vehicle, hosted payload data to at least one of a hosted receiving antenna or the host receiving antenna; encrypting, by the first communication security module, unencrypted host telemetry from the host payload and unencrypted hosted telemetry from the hosted payload by utilizing the first COMSEC variety to generate encrypted host telemetry and encrypted hosted telemetry; transmitting, by a telemetry transmitter on the vehicle, the encrypted host telemetry and the encrypted hosted telemetry to the host SOC; decrypting, by the host SOC, the encrypted host telemetry utilizing the first COMSEC variety and utilizing a database without hosted decommutated information to generate the unencrypted host telemetry; transmitting, by the host SOC, the encrypted hosted telemetry to the HOC; and decrypting, by the HOC, the encrypted hosted telemetry utilizing the first COMSEC variety and utilizing a database without host decommutated information to generate the unencrypted hosted telemetry.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reconfiguring of the host payload according to the unencrypted host commands and the reconfiguring of the hosted payload according to the unencrypted hosted commands comprises adjusting at least one of: transponder power, transponder spectrum monitoring, transponder connectivity, transponder gain settings, transponder limiter settings, transponder automatic level control settings, transponder phase settings, internal gain generation, bandwidth for at least one beam, at least one frequency band for at least one of the at least one beam, transponder beamforming settings, effective isotropic radiation power (EIRP) for at least one of the at least one beam, transponder channels, or beam steering.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reconfiguring of the host payload according to the unencrypted host commands and the reconfiguring of the hosted payload according to the unencrypted hosted commands comprises reconfiguring at least one of: at least one antenna, at least one analog-to-digital converter, at least one digital-to-analog converter, at least one beamformer, at least one digital channelizer, at least one demodulator, at least one modulator, at least one digital switch matrix, or at least one digital combiner.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is an airborne vehicle.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the airborne vehicle is one of a satellite, aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or space plane.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises: encrypting, by the HOC, the unencrypted hosted commands by utilizing the second COMSEC variety to produce the encrypted hosted commands; and encrypting, by the host SOC, the unencrypted host commands by utilizing the first COMSEC variety to produce the encrypted host commands.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises: receiving, by a host command receiver on the vehicle, the encrypted host commands; receiving, by a hosted command receiver on the vehicle, the encrypted hosted commands; transmitting, by the host command receiver, the encrypted host commands to the first communication security module; and transmitting, by the hosted command receiver, the encrypted hosted commands to the second communication security module.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises: transmitting, by the first communication security module, the unencrypted host commands to the host payload; and transmitting, by the second communication security module, the unencrypted hosted commands to the hosted payload.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises transmitting, by the host payload, to the first communication security module the unencrypted host telemetry; and transmitting, by the hosted payload, to the first communication security module the unencrypted hosted telemetry.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises transmitting, by the first communication security module, the encrypted host telemetry and the encrypted hosted telemetry to the telemetry transmitter.

11. A system for hosted payload operations, the system comprising: a hosted payload (HoP) operation center (HOC) to transmit encrypted hosted commands to a host spacecraft operations center (SOC); the host SOC to transmit encrypted host commands and the encrypted hosted commands to a vehicle, wherein the encrypted host commands are encrypted utilizing a first communication security (COMSEC) variety and the encrypted hosted commands are encrypted utilizing a second COMSEC variety; a first communication security module on the vehicle to decrypt the encrypted host commands utilizing the first COMSEC variety to generate unencrypted host commands; a second communication security module on the vehicle to decrypt the encrypted hosted commands utilizing the second COMSEC variety to generate unencrypted hosted commands; a host payload on the vehicle reconfigured according to the unencrypted host commands; a hosted payload on the vehicle reconfigured according to the unencrypted hosted commands; a host payload antenna on the vehicle to transmit host payload data to a host receiving antenna; a hosted payload antenna on the vehicle to transmit hosted payload data to at least one of a hosted receiving antenna or the host receiving antenna; the first communication security module to encrypt unencrypted host telemetry from the host payload and the unencrypted hosted telemetry from the hosted payload by utilizing the first COMSEC variety to generate encrypted host telemetry and encrypted hosted telemetry; a telemetry transmitter on the vehicle to transmit the encrypted host telemetry and the encrypted hosted telemetry to the host SOC; and the host SOC to transmit the encrypted hosted telemetry to the HOC, wherein the host SOC is further to decrypt the encrypted host telemetry utilizing the first COMSEC variety and utilizing a database without hosted decommutated information to generate the unencrypted host telemetry; and the HOC is further to decrypt the encrypted hosted telemetry utilizing the first COMSEC variety and utilizing a database without host decommutated information to generate the unencrypted hosted telemetry.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the host payload is reconfigured according to the unencrypted host commands and hosted payload is reconfigured according to the unencrypted hosted commands by adjusting at least one of: transponder power, transponder spectrum monitoring, transponder connectivity, transponder gain settings, transponder limiter settings, transponder automatic level control settings, transponder phase settings, internal gain generation, bandwidth for at least one beam, at least one frequency band for at least one of the at least one beam, transponder beamforming settings, effective isotropic radiation power (EIRP) for at least one of the at least one beam, transponder channels, or beam steering.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the host payload is reconfigured according to the unencrypted host commands and the hosted payload is reconfigured according to the unencrypted hosted commands by reconfiguring at least one of: at least one antenna, at least one analog-to-digital converter, at least one digital-to-analog converter, at least one beamformer, at least one digital channelizer, at least one demodulator, at least one modulator, at least one digital switch matrix, or at least one digital combiner.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the vehicle is an airborne vehicle.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the airborne vehicle is one of a satellite, aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or space plane.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the HOC is further to encrypt the unencrypted hosted commands by utilizing the second COMSEC variety to produce the encrypted hosted commands, and the host SOC is further to encrypt the unencrypted host commands by utilizing the first COMSEC variety to produce the encrypted host commands.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the system further comprises: a host command receiver on the vehicle to receive the encrypted host commands, and to transmit the encrypted host commands to the first communication security module; and a hosted command receiver on the vehicle to receive the encrypted hosted commands, and to transmit the encrypted hosted commands to the second communication security module.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the first communication security module is further to transmit the unencrypted host commands to the host payload; and the second communication security module is further to transmit the unencrypted hosted commands to the hosted payload.

19. The system of claim 11 , wherein the host payload is further to transmit the unencrypted host telemetry to the first communication security module; and the hosted payload is further to transmit the unencrypted hosted telemetry to the first communication security module.

20. The system of claim 11 , wherein the first communication security module is further to transmit the encrypted host telemetry and the encrypted hosted telemetry to the telemetry transmitter.